A drugs detective has described being stabbed by this triple-bladed dagger - said by a judge to be “one of the most vicious weapons I have ever seen in court”.

The terrifying weapon used by drug dealer Abdirahman Hashi as he tried to flee during a police raid last September was described by a top Welsh officer as a “zombie knife” – a street blade inspired by horror movies.

It was plunged into the shoulder of long-serving officer Graham Budd, a dad of three, leaving a deep wound near his chest as he stood guard at rear of a property on Newport Road in Cardiff.

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DC Budd said: “My family most certainly went through my mind. You go out everyday and they don’t know if there going to see you again.

“It’s by no means going to fight a war but there’s always that potential there.

“I know if that knife went an inch closer it could have quite easily been a murder trial.”

The court heard DC Budd has had cognitive therapy for trauma since the incident.

He will also attend a rehabilitative centre for police officers to receive treatment for physical and psychological harm.

DC Budd said: “It affects your mental state, your sleep patterns. You get depressed. You’re constantly thinking about it, and think what could I have done about it. Psychically I can say that I’m healed, but mentally no.”

He said South Wales Police have come a long way in treating officers with mental health issues and said they offer counselling.